bombardment

English

Etymology

bombard +‎ -ment

Noun

bombardment (countable and uncountable, plural bombardments)

the act of bombing, especially towns or cities
heavy artillery fire
(physics) the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance

Quotations

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Derived terms

Late Heavy Bombardment

Translations

act of bombing, esp towns or cities

Belarusian: бамбава́нне n (bambavánnje), бамбёжка f (bambjóžka)
Bulgarian: бомбардиро́вка f (bombardiróvka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 轟擊 (zh), 轰击 (zh) (hōngjī), 砲擊 (zh), 炮击 (zh) (pàojī)
Dutch: bombardement (nl) n
Finnish: pommitus (fi)
French: bombardement (fr) m
German: Bombardierung (de) f, Bombardement (de) n (dated)
Italian: bombardamento (it)
Japanese: 爆撃 (ja) (bakugeki), 砲撃 (ja) (hōgeki)
Korean: 포격 (ko) (pogyeok)
Norman: bombardement m (Jersey)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: bombardement n

Nynorsk: bombardement n
Persian: بمباردمان‎‎ (bombârdemân)
Portuguese: bombardeamento (pt), bombardeio
Romanian: bombardament (ro), bombardare (ro) f
Russian: бомбардиро́вка (ru) f (bombardiróvka), бомбёжка (ru) f (bombjóžka)
Spanish: bombardeo (es) m
Swedish: bombning c
Tagalog: pagtampol
Ukrainian: бомбардува́ння (uk) n (bombarduvánnja), бомбува́ння (uk) n (bombuvánnja)

heavy artillery fire

Bulgarian: бомбардиро́вка f (bombardiróvka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 砲擊 (zh), 炮击 (zh) (pàojī)
Finnish: tykistökeskitys

German: Beschuss (de) m
Japanese: 爆撃 (ja) (bakugeki), 砲撃 (ja) (hōgeki)
Russian: бомбардиро́вка (ru) f (bombardiróvka), артобстре́л (ru) m (artobstrél), артиллери́йский обстре́л m (artilleríjskij obstrél), канона́да (ru) f (kanonáda)
Tagalog: tampol

incidence of stream of high-energy particles

Finnish: hiukkaspommitus, pommitus (fi)
Japanese: 衝撃 (ja) (shōgeki), 照射 (ja) (shōsha)
Russian: бомбардиро́вка (ru) f (bombardiróvka)

Spanish: bombardeo (es) m
Tagalog: tampol, pagtampol

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} bombardement m

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} bombardeo m